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HEALTH INSURANCE

AUGUSTA — Democrats who've wrested control of the Maine Legislature back from Republicans are poised to reverse a GOP health insurance overhaul when the 2013 session gets going. The law, passed in 2011, seeks to lower health insurance costs and cover more residents through a series of market changes. Democratic House Speaker-to-be Mark Eves of North Berwick says the law has hurt a lot of people, especially in rural areas, and lawmakers will take a fresh look at it. By Glenn Adams.

AMISH-MOVING ON

NICKTOWN, Pa. — Levi Zook doesn't want to move his wife and eight children from the Laurel Highlands of western Pennsylvania to New York state but strongly believes he has no choice. That's because the 34-year-old farmer and the Andy Weaver Swartzentruber Amish congregation to which he belongs — the most conservative branch of the most conservative sect of Amish — concluded they have no future on the scenic plateau some 70 miles east of Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania group is moving to St. Lawrence County in upstate New York, though others may go to Maine or a newer settlement south of Buffalo, N.Y. By Joe Mandak.

ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:

—MAINE EARTHGQUAKE — A minor earthquake has been reported near the coastal Maine city of Belfast.

—OCCUPY-WALMART — Occupy protesters in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont joined others across the nation in Black Friday pickets at Walmart stores.

—RED CLAWS-CHARGE — The Maine Red Claws have opened their season with a win on the road.